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Good Times with South Park

South Park has dominated the list of top downloads on Xbox LIVE® Video Marketplace. If you've never watched an episode then you surely have at least heard about it. The show has been a hit on Comedy Central since its debut a decade ago. The award-winning animated comedy series starts its eleventh season on March 7.

In a special announcement, Comedy Central has revealed it will make the hilarious episode "Good Times with Weapons" available exclusively on Video Marketplace, in HD, for free. Of course, the free part is for a limited time only, so download and watch it sooner rather than later. South Park is a show that offers a little something for every adult. It pokes fun at everything in society from Paris Hilton to World of Warcraft. You will find it hard not to laugh, although I'm pretty sure I've said the words, "That's just wrong," in practically every episode I've seen.

"Good Times with Weapons"
South Park may not be known for using innovative animation techniques or visual effects, but I'm still psyched to watch "Good Times with Weapons" in high-def. Not just because everything in HD looks better, but because Stan, Kyle, Kenny, and Cartman transform into Japanese Anime characters after getting their hands on some ninja weapons. The episode even includes an original song titled "Let's Fighting Love!" Does that title make any sense? Exactly. Of course it doesn't, but the song is hilarious. On the official South Park Studios Website they offer a translation of the lyrics:

Suba-ra-shi chin chin mono (Wonderful "chin chin" thing)
Kintama no kame aru (There are hairs at balls)
Iye! Ninja ga imasu (Iye! Ninja is here!)
Hey hey let's go kenka suru (Hey hey let's go fighting!)
Taisetsu no mono protect my balls! (Important thing, protect my balls!)
Boku ga warui so let's fighting … (I am bad, so let's fighting … )
Let's fighting love! Let's fighting love!
Kono uta chotto baka (This song is a little stupid)
Wake ga wakaranai (This isn't make sense)
Eigo ga mecha-kucha (English is ****** up)
Daijobu. We do it all the time! (It's OK! We do it all the time!)

This song is just one quick glimpse into the no-holds-barred tone of the show and one example of innumerable crazy scenes involving the funny foursome. The boys can't help but brag about their new weapons and then they run into Butters, who transforms into his own character, Professor Chaos. They face off and Butters gets hurt and ends up in an animal shelter. You think everything may come crashing down on the boys at the end, but the show exhibits just how satirical it is with its very own wardrobe malfunction.

"Trapped in a Closet"
After you've watched "Good Times with Weapons" the next episode you should catch is the Emmy-nominated "Trapped in a Closet." If the name sounds familiar it may be because this episode generated a lot of press last year. The plot centers around Stan, who is suddenly recognized by Scientology as a savior, which causes Tom Cruise to lock himself in Stan's closet and John Travolta to try and get him out. Eventually R. Kelly shows up to make things really confusing.

In addition to an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Animated Series in 2006, South Park was also recently honored with a prestigious Peabody Award. The Peabody committee referred to the show as "Comedy Central's notoriously rude, undeniably fearless lampoon of all that is self-important and hypocritical in American life, regardless of race, creed, color or celebrity status." That about covers it.

South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut

If you can't get enough of the series, download the movie South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, which was just released to Video Marketplace on February 27. The movie's title itself reflects the show's infamous adult humor and it's not just a movie, it's a musical, too!

After the boys watch the new movie featuring Canadian comic duo Terrance and Philip, they start swearing up a storm. In an effort to stop this outrageous bad habit, the parents of South Park have Terrance and Philip arrested, and pressure the U.S. government to declare war on Canada. The kids start a resistance movement in order to keep Terrance and Philip from being put to death, which will enable Satan and Saddam Hussein to rule the world.

Fun Facts

• The show, which looks hand-animated, is done on computer, and each episode is made in only five days. This is one of the big reasons why the show is able to be so topical and timely in its humor.
• The song "Blame Canada" from the movie South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut was nominated for a Best Original Song Academy Award in 1999, and was performed by Robin Williams on the Oscar telecast. Another song, the title of which is too obscene to write here, won an MTV Movie Award for best musical performance.
• South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut holds the Guinness World Record for the most swearing in an animated movie.